Completed KITH 2017 Photo Thread

[Brian Dougherty 567]

I'm kicking off a thread for those who want to post pics of their completed entries.

Here is my entry.  It is a fusion of styles, and doesn't have one of it's own.  The blade is 8" long and made from 144 layers of 1095 and 15N20.  The handle is maple with desert ironwood adornments and copper and nickel-silver spacers.  The blade is 0.130" (3.2mm) thick at the spine over the heel, and tapers to about 0.020" (0.5mm) at the tip.  It has a full flat grind and a 20-degree secondary bevel.

 

Edited July 14, 2017 by Brian Dougherty

[Pieter-Paul Derks 118]

Here is my entry:

c100 steel with temper line, with a hexagonal handle made of apple wood from my own garden and an ebony spacer.

3mm thick at the handle tapering to 1.5mm at the tip. 

Total length 34cm (13 inch),with an edge length of 20cm (almost 8 inches.)

 

[Aiden CC 131]

Here's mine. Blade is 9.5", handle is 5". Scales are walnut. 

[MLenaghan 56]

Mines a 7.5 inch W1/mild steel San Mai blade

Handles 4 inch  Bocote/maple, weights 150 grams 

[Wesley Alberson 131]

6.5" edge, bone and redbud handle.

[JJ Simon 123]

[Karim 56]

My armature photo shoot, 5160, oal 34cm, 21cm blade